Wednesday, April 7, 2010

I went to work in ‘fifty threeAt the local Daily NewsTo prove to Mom that I could beA woman on my own.An independent seventeen,I wrote obits, and wedding notes –I found it fun to telephoneFor quotes to use in articles –On who went where and what they did.

No casual clothes for working gals in 1953 –My car hop friends were enviousThat I dressed up for work.I felt that I was all grown up.Mom wasUnconvinced.

I went to work in ‘fifty five – a summer jobOut of town to prove to MomThat I was grownA woman on my own.We sublet a flat, Leah and Elaine and I.

I worked at a Boston brokerage.My boss was Mildred Hatch.I worked with Ginny HaggartyAnd Helen Jack from DorcesterMy age, she was engaged to wedA Cambridge man; her parents fearedShe’d move away from Dorcester.